Bitcoin Gold (BTG) traded down 1.3% against the U.S. dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 11:00 AM ET on January 17th. Bitcoin Gold has a market cap of $200.86 million and $6.40 million worth of Bitcoin Gold was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Bitcoin Gold coin can currently be purchased for approximately $11.47 or 0.00010952 BTC on exchanges. During the last seven days, Bitcoin Gold has traded down 7.3% against the U.S. dollar.
Here’s how related cryptocurrencies have performed during the last 24 hours:
- Zcash (ZEC) traded up 0.5% against the dollar and now trades at $54.87 or 0.00052397 BTC.
- Horizen (ZEN) traded 1.8% higher against the dollar and now trades at $30.38 or 0.00029009 BTC.
- Komodo (KMD) traded up 3.1% against the dollar and now trades at $0.32 or 0.00000304 BTC.
- Pirate Chain (ARRR) traded down 0.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.20 or 0.00000191 BTC.
- ZClassic (ZCL) traded 5.5% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0450 or 0.00000043 BTC.
Bitcoin Gold Profile
BTG is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Equihash hashing algorithm. Its genesis date was October 25th, 2017. Bitcoin Gold’s total supply is 17,513,924 coins. Bitcoin Gold’s official message board is forum.bitcoingold.org. The official website for Bitcoin Gold is bitcoingold.org. The Reddit community for Bitcoin Gold is https://reddit.com/r/bitcoingoldhq and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. Bitcoin Gold’s official Twitter account is @bitcoingold and its Facebook page is accessible here.
Buying and Selling Bitcoin Gold
It is usually not currently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin Gold directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to acquire Bitcoin Gold should first buy Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Coinbase, Gemini or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to buy Bitcoin Gold using one of the exchanges listed above.
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